Monahan is a different player this season. He's more defensively reliable and stronger on face offs, but he's not displayed any offensive flair. He only seems to be effective when he's the trigger man. Carrying the puck into the zone hasn't been good.
Big difference from the guy that would scream up the ice, slam on the brakes, watch the dman go sliding by and then shelf the puck over the goalie's shoulder.
I miss that guy.
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